Chalk Valleys (ward)
Appearance
Chalk Valleys | |
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ward Dorset Council. | |
Population | 4,846 |
Major settlements | Piddlehinton |
Current ward | |
Created | 2019 |
Councillor | Jill Haynes (Conservative) |
Number of councillors | 1 |
Chalk Valleys is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.[1]
Geography
[edit]The Chalk Valleys ward is rural area between Dorchester and Sherborne and contains the villages of Alton Pancras, Buckland Newton, Cerne Abbas, Duntish, Higher Ansty and Piddlehinton.[2]
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillors | |
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2019 | Jill Haynes | |
2024 |
Election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jill Haynes | 683 | 48.0 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 554 | 38.9 | +17.1 | |
Labour | John Bennett | 186 | 13.1 | New | |
Turnout | 1,423 | 36.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Haynes | 810 | 50.4 | ||
Green | Carol Rosemary Byrom | 447 | 27.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 351 | 21.8 | ||
Majority | 363 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 42.30 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chalk Valleys (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Area profile for Chalk Valleys - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.